A Gorgeous Shiksa

by Nir Kligsberg

Artwork: Nir I. Kligsberg, Cover art: 1301215

Preface

I’m not Wordsworth nor Frost, so I wouldn’t go as far as defining the value of poetry or trying to understand the creative process needed for a poem to come out right, surely not at the very beginning of my very first published book of poems.

I do think that sometimes all you need is just a spark of inspiration to set your mind right, to get your feelings in motion strong enough, so you might just end up with, well, art.

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I got my inspiration on a tour bus to Mitzpe Ramon on the night between the 14 and 15 of June 2018, listening (well, eavesdropping, really) to conversations around me and turning sentences I picked up without any context into morally dubious poems.

Enjoy,

Nir I. Kligsberg

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A Piece of the Moon

A piece of the moon
held in my hand,
By tomorrow afternoon
it'll be gone again.

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A Gorgeous Shiksa

A gorgeous shiksa
lookin' so fine,
Out of all the shenkes in the shtetl
she walks into mine.

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San Francisco (with Giora Glotser)

If you're going
to San Francisco,
Be sure to wear
a coat.

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